People v. Cruz

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Juviler, J.), rendered July 9, 1985, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

On appeal, the defendant argues that the jury’s verdict convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree is against the weight of the evidence. The jury was carefully instructed as to the nature of an agency defense and apparently rejected that defense, finding that the defendant’s role in the…